tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post112643944555475226..comments2024-03-23T07:49:50.940-05:00Comments on The Middle Ground: 9/11 The Personal WarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1126482287096935292005-09-11T18:44:00.000-05:002005-09-11T18:44:00.000-05:00Thank you, dear.I watched the second tower go down...Thank you, dear.<BR/><BR/>I watched the second tower go down real-time. As I tried to figure out what was happening, a voice in my head said "They can't win this." At the time, we were 180 million people, not many of whom would be willing to live with the worldview of whoever was doing this.<BR/><BR/>The unmistakeable message to me was that they themselves didn't have the weaponry to attack us directly.<BR/><BR/>Since then, I have tried to mitigate this war by insisting that we operate on good information. We will win, the only question is how soon, and at what cost.<BR/><BR/>I have been deeply surprised by the success this administration has had in its response, in its willingness to incorporate well-intended criticism during the Afghanistan campaign, and it's success in winning heart and minds in Iraq. But the biggest surprise of all was the spirited response of the Iraqi people. There is no lack of courage in Iraq, and their political and clerical leaders have demonstrated what is, to my mind, astonishing maturity, pragmatism, and good-will. <BR/><BR/>And then, the rest of the Mideast began to ask, "if the Iraqis can do it, why can't we?" <BR/><BR/>With the Iraqis as partners, (and with the help of many other people of good will) we are going to win this war, sooner rather than later. And, in the process, we may well wind up saving Islam, because the terrorist writings have to be eliminated from Islam, if Islam is to be a source of law for Iraq.<BR/><BR/>Now, isn't that a corker? Islam, saved by the (allegedly) secular US and the (formerly) secular Iraq? God is great. God is good. If my grandkids turn out to be muslim, it will be because we won.<BR/><BR/>ValerieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1126459869241148862005-09-11T12:31:00.000-05:002005-09-11T12:31:00.000-05:00Amazing. Thanks, Kat. God Bless America.Amazing. Thanks, Kat. God Bless America.Caoilfhionnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02232573780974695200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1126459122577955122005-09-11T12:18:00.000-05:002005-09-11T12:18:00.000-05:00Powerful Post K-MO.Though I did not witness first ...Powerful Post K-MO.<BR/><BR/>Though I did not witness first hand the horrors of Lower Manhattan, I did experience first hand, plenty.<BR/><BR/>Being here in the DC Metro Region, we all personally witnessed those events first hand. I myself was waiting on a Red-Light, driving to work & listening to NPR, when the normal fluff news-segments were interrupted with the news that a "Small Plane" crashed into one of the Towers. It took me about 15 seconds to process-in the information. And recalled the Early Morning Weather Forecast, stating that the skies were crystal clear and calm from Maine to the Carolinas. As the Light was turning to Green, I concluded that it was not accidental. As the buzz on the radio surged in its urgency, and then Rather and Jennings burst in on the other FM Stations, my question turned to who could have done this and why. As I pull into our parking lot, the flash came in that a second plane hit the other tower. <BR/><BR/>Everything after that became a blur. With neither TV or radio I tried to log into the net, but was hopelessly jammed. Then someone from the office next door, yelled "One of the towers just collapsed"! My reaction was: "Impossible, yer sh**ting me". I was in denial and in the dark.<BR/><BR/>Coincidence would have it, that an important foreign agent was scheduled to visit us that day, and was my responsibility to pick him up at the Suburban Metro Station nearby. I get back in my car, only to hear Daniel Schorr say: "All is lost, Both Twin Towers are no more". That's when it all hit me. Life as I knew it would never be the same... More cachophony from the Radio: 767's,Pentagon hit, Bomb at the State Dept, Total Evacuation of DC's Center, More planes on their way....<BR/><BR/>The normaly empty Metro Station was jammed packed with commuters making a VERY early return commute back home. I pick-up the agent, and return back to the office. That's when we hear the deafening roar of fighter jets scrambling NW to a vector unknown. We then learn of another plane down somewhere in Penna. I finally connect with my hysterical bride, who reports that she was almost run over by SecretService SUV's and Cars scrambling mad towards downtown on their way from their TacticalOps Base in Beltsville, Md., and promplty berrated me for being at a Metro Station, where bombs were reputedly going off. <BR/><BR/>It became evident that no work was going to be done that day, we all called it a day and headed home in the late morning. Won't forget that column of smoke rising in the distance, accross the river, nor the feeling of siege felt by everyone.... <BR/><BR/>Hugs, kisses and a good cry from a shocked bride, awaited me upon my return home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1126452093575446772005-09-11T10:21:00.000-05:002005-09-11T10:21:00.000-05:00Wow....thank you Kat.Wow....thank you Kat.kenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865548899332888113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1126449938550994972005-09-11T09:45:00.000-05:002005-09-11T09:45:00.000-05:00Oops! Forget to tell you that I linked to you (do...Oops! Forget to tell you that I linked to you (don't know how to trackback to your blog).<BR/><BR/>http://fuzzilicious.blogspot.com/2005/09/its-that-date-again.htmlFbLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719429913217863052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1126449894302530302005-09-11T09:44:00.000-05:002005-09-11T09:44:00.000-05:00Yes, a wonderful post! I wish I could have said i...Yes, a wonderful post! I wish I could have said it as well as you did--you said it for me.FbLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05719429913217863052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1126448708422981382005-09-11T09:25:00.000-05:002005-09-11T09:25:00.000-05:00A wonderful post, Kat ... Thanks. The way that we...A wonderful post, Kat ... Thanks. The way that we (Americans) fit together must have always been there, but now we are so much more aware of it.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476391782757609394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152221.post-1126447752929173922005-09-11T09:09:00.000-05:002005-09-11T09:09:00.000-05:00Outstanding! I need say nothing more.Outstanding! I need say <B>nothing</B> more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com